Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

Burnout in radiology: Imaging leaders must think beyond the reading room

According to a recent analysis published in Academic Radiology, burnout isn’t just about the workplace—it’s about a radiologist’s life outside of work as well.

ACP's Erickson on administrative tasks, reducing physician burnout

In a March 7 session presented at HIMSS18 in Orlando, Shari Erickson, MPH, vice president of government affairs and medical practice at the American College of Physicians (ACP), discussed how healthcare organizations can reduce administrative tasks to reduce physician burnout.

Interrupting radiologists does not hurt their accuracy, but it affects them in other negative ways

Interruptions don’t impact an on-call radiologist’s accuracy, according to a new study in the Journal of Medical Imaging, but they can increase time spent on each case.

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Researchers reduce radiation dose to lens during neck CT examinations by 89%

A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health was able to significantly reduce radiation dose to the lens and other radiosensitive organs during neck CT examinations by making straightforward modifications to both the imaging equipment and the patient’s positioning, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Partners-Care New England merger likely to raise premiums

A study from the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner said the state’s residents would see increases in insurance premiums if Boston-based Partners Healthcare acquires Care New England, thanks to Partners likely using its regional market clout to gain better prices from insurers.

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What’s in, what’s out of Trump’s opioid plan

The goal of the opioid epidemic response plan announced by President Donald Trump will be to cut opioid prescriptions by 33 percent within three years, according to POLITICO.

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SIR debuts 1st virtual reality interventional radiology training video at annual meeting

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) debuted the first virtual reality 360 (VR360) training video featuring interventional radiology being performed in practice during the SIR 2018 annual meeting in Los Angeles.

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5 ways to communicate the benefits, risks of radiation in pediatric radiology

Radiologists can provide significant value by communicating the benefits and risks associated with radiation to the parents or guardians of pediatric patients, and a group of researchers provided numerous strategies for such communication in a new analysis for the Journal of the American College of Radiology.